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What is a canoe? To me canoe is a four letter word. ‘Tool”! That was pretty simple.

Welcome from an Alaskan who lived in New Hampton for a couple years in the early 70’s!

After scrubbing out the slit i blew it dry with air. On the outside a herking skid plate was used to seal the worn thru area and i didn't disturb that so all the prep was from the inside. A shop light was suspended above the repair for warmth and it stayed until the G-flex wasn't sticky any...

As some of you know, we are moving into dip-net season. Some of you saw my offerings while outfitting my own “dip ship”; and now i have a young family who are excited about the prospect of putting up a bunch of red’s and i‘m getting to mentor them along the way. I knew a lady with an old Coleman...

We’re getting close to dipping season, as long as the escapement is high enough they’ll open it in the next couple weeks. Today i took the dip ship for a spin around the block on the transport cart. It’s not going to be a cake walk loaded; but manageable. Tomorrow i’ll go down to the stream and...

It’s taken a while but thanks to you guys; im on my way! I’ve had this new boat out previously but this outing was meant to more fully evaluate what i’ve got going here; so wearing my Piragus britches, Chota shoe‘s and Sealskins i‘m sure i really impressed the Loons. For this little outing i...

It could pass for a duck boat in Marshy regions. I don’t see anything that would frighten me or make me shy about completing this project. Then become familiar with it’s attributes and enjoy it.

I used carbon fiber tube, and on the inside just wrapped the tube with carbon tow up against the inner hull on both sides and wet it out with epoxy. No leak, super strong. I may have a picture, I’ll have to look.

Nice looking Moose Robin! Reading thru this i don't see any mention of antler size? Up here we have cow tags (very few) and bulls have to meet certain size/point’s to be legal. We have “any bull”, spike/fork, 50 inch or wider, 3 brow tine, 4 brow tine etc. depending where you hunt all these...

Kneeling at the yoke by far and with the smaller paddle. The two on the right were used this morning and the Sassafras otter tale was my favorite with just me in the boat. The other one was just too much of a good thing.

With the garden taking all my time momentarily the new boat remained dry till this morning. The ice just went out on Knik lake a couple days ago and it’s a ten minute drive so i left home about 6:45 and had a nice first paddle with this boat. Empty it’s lively but it gave me a chance to try two...

My bees on the Self Heal!

Bob; id give your asking price but i doubt you’d consider me within “reasonable distance” for the delivery. However; if you were thinking of an Alaskan adventure this summer toss the canoe on top and come paddle Alaska a bit and i’ll get the boat when you go home.

Across the line, in North Dakota We had Ft. Union and Ft. Buford on the Missouri and we canoed some in that area but the little Missouri was where i spent most of my time. I leased a ranch south of Watford City which the river flowed thru. This is the “Badlands” and the river flows thru both...

Things are different here now but there was a time many years ago where we’d cut the toes out of the kids shoes so they could wear them a little longer. I’d have sure appreciated a Coleman back then. Some of these folks might have limited budgets and probably a bigger factor is that everyone’s...

Pop rivets; available in different lengths, diameters and colors. Most box stores carry them. Usually sold as a kit with a small assortment of rivets and the tool for installing them.

I live in the land of the Northern lights and still prefer coffee table books to actually getting up in the middle of the night for a mediocre viewing. Sorry to be a spoil sport.

The title “fish guts” drew me in but my comments wont really add anything of value! In Alaska i would assume we generate more fish guts than most regions due to the returning Salmon runs. In the fall the carcassas along any waterway can be staggering. The mouth of the Kenai river is the largest...

Nice color too!

Sadly, no. With over 400 homes along the shores on the 7 mile stretch all using septic systems i’d not eat anything coming from those waters.